All Saints Church in Torre, Devon, this week held a special unveiling for a blue plaque in honour of the novelist Agatha Christie, who was baptised within the church and worshipped there as a toddler.
The unveiling took place following the morning service on Sunday 14 September and was a part of this yr’s Agatha Christie Festival.
The sermon preceding the revealing was delivered by the Dean of Exeter, the Very Rev Jonathan Greener.
The unveiling was described by the church on Facebook as “a highlight for our families this morning”.
Fr Peter March, Vicar of All Saints, said ahead of the event, in keeping with Torbay Weekly: “It is as intriguing as certainly one of Agatha’s own plot lines to consider her being baptised here and attending worship as a toddler and a young woman.
“To imagine how her adolescence experiences in Torquay formed her into the world-renowned author that she has change into. It’s an important privilege for the Church to have this link and to give you the option to share it with others.”
All Saints Church was actually built with funds donated by the Christie family, which still has a family pew within the church. The church can also be mentioned with fondness in Agatha Christie’s autobiography.
Matt Newbury, Creative Director of the Agatha Christie Festival, was quoted by the newspaper as saying, “We are so fortunate, when sharing the Agatha Christie story, to have venues with an actual connection to her and her family, alongside her wonderful autobiography which vividly describes her Torbay upbringing.
“This is very true of All Saints Church in Torre, where Agatha was baptised and lovingly recalls Sunday visits together with her father, Frederick Miller.
“She paints a touching picture of him, and of the enjoyment she present in worshipping on the church.”
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